Research 360

Read the latest blog posts on ACA's strategic focus in research.

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Continuous Improvement at Camp
January 24, 2022

Camp Twin Lakes (CTL) serves campers who have medical illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges at two year-round camp locations in Georgia. CTL operates as a partner model camp, serving over 60 partner organizations each year. CTL’s... Read More

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Continuous Quality Improvement: Using the Data You Have to Make Impactful Changes
August 17, 2021

This Research 360 blog discusses how to use data to advance your camp's continuous quality improvement.
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Camp Program Quality Initiative: Spotlight on the Workbook and Resource Development Group
August 2, 2021

Thanks for joining us again to continue learning about what’s happening in the Camp Program Quality Initiative (CPQI). Many exciting things are occurring, and we are happy to share an update about this work. This is the fourth blog in a five-part... Read More

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Assessing the Benefits of Camp with ACA’s New ABC Tool
July 19, 2021

This Research 360 blog post discusses ACA's new, easy-to-use, free survey tool that helps measure the outcomes of camp programs.
Update on the Camp Program Quality Initiative: Spotlight on the Assessment Development Working Group
July 12, 2021

To continue with our blog series spotlighting the work our Community of Practice has been doing, I’m sharing what our Assessment Development Working Group worked on over the winter. As a reminder, we created three distinct working groups focused... Read More

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Evidence-Informed Guidance for Summer Camp Staff Training, Part 3: Structure and Transferability
June 21, 2021

Part three of this Research 360 blog series discusses how to structure summer camp staff training so it can transfer to camp work.
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Evidence-Informed Guidance for Summer Camp Staff Training, Part 2: Competencies and Training Effectiveness
June 7, 2021

Part two of this Research 360 blog series covers what competencies summer staff should learn during training and how training effectiveness is influenced by characteristics of camp staff.
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Evidence-Informed Guidance for Summer Camp Staff Training: An Introduction
May 18, 2021

This blog post is the first in a three-part series breaking down a new summer camp staff training resource.

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